{"id":18241,"date":"2025-03-25T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/opt-out-what-to-do-with-your-23andme-account-after-company-filed-bankruptcy\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:38:32","slug":"opt-out-what-to-do-with-your-23andme-account-after-company-filed-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/opt-out-what-to-do-with-your-23andme-account-after-company-filed-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Opt out: what to do with your 23andMe account after company filed bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genetic testing firm filed for bankruptcy after a major data breach. Here\u2019s how to protect your DNA privacy<\/p>\n<p><em>Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/series\/opt-out\">Opt Out<\/a>, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/20\/how-to-opt-out-location-sharing-smartphones\">how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass deportations<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DNA testing company 23andMe has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/mar\/24\/dna-testing-firm-23andme-bankruptcy-ceo-anne-wojcicki-data\">filed for bankruptcy<\/a> after months of concern over its financial health and its ability to keep users\u2019 genetic information secure. In light of the uncertainty looming over the company\u2019s future, you should do one thing to protect your privacy today: delete your 23andMe account.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/25\/opt-out-23andme-account-dna-data-privacy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8b3b8817f6f947d13a83f44635b3d11faeedcab7\/0_231_6500_3899\/master\/6500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0bafe1361cf55f6db6295424fb7e5773\" title=\"Opt out: what to do with your 23andMe account after company filed bankruptcy\" \/>The genetic testing firm filed for bankruptcy after a major data breach. Here\u2019s how to protect your DNA privacy<br \/>\nWelcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass deportations.<br \/>\nDNA testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy after months of concern over its financial health and its ability to keep users\u2019 genetic information secure. In light of the uncertainty looming over the company\u2019s future, you should do one thing to protect your privacy today: delete your 23andMe account. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genetic testing firm filed for bankruptcy after a major data breach. Here\u2019s how to protect your DNA privacy Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to stop tech companies spying on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/opt-out-what-to-do-with-your-23andme-account-after-company-filed-bankruptcy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opt out: what to do with your 23andMe account after company filed bankruptcy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18241"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}